Gallery: Retro Super GT cars do battle at Suzuka

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Mar 3, 2019, 11:32 AM

Nissan, Toyota and Honda each brought a classic All-Japan GT Championship/Super GT car back to life for a special pair of exhibition races this weekend at Suzuka.

Two races were held between the trio of Japanese racing icons during the 'Motorsports Fan Thanks Day', a new event for 2019 featuring a variety of two-wheeled and four-wheeled machinery taking part in various demo runs and exhibition events.

Satoshi Motoyama was declared the overall winner of the 'Eternal Rival Showdown' in the 2008-spec Nissan GT-R with which he won the last of his three JGTC/Super GT titles.

The 47-year-old, who has stepped down from the series for 2019, defeated both Honda driver Ryo Michigami and Toyota's Juichi Wakisaka.

Michigami drove his championship-winning Castrol-liveried NSX from 2000, while Wakisaka piloted his own title-winning Supra from 2002 in Esso Ultraflo livery.

Check out the three cars in action in our gallery below, as well as more highlights from an action-packed weekend in Suzuka: